58008@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 hours agoIt's pretty cruel, particularly for non-native English speakers, that 'lose' and 'loose' seemingly switched spellings, meanings and pronunciations with each other when no one was lookingmessage-squaremessage-square57fedilinkarrow-up170arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up164arrow-down1message-squareIt's pretty cruel, particularly for non-native English speakers, that 'lose' and 'loose' seemingly switched spellings, meanings and pronunciations with each other when no one was looking58008@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 hours agomessage-square57fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareNoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up5·5 hours agoAnd here’s me, another non-native speaker, just learning that booze doesn’t rhyme with goose.
minus-squareohwhatfollyisman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·5 hours agooh, no, no, no! booze and a goose should never go together!
And here’s me, another non-native speaker, just learning that booze doesn’t rhyme with goose.
oh, no, no, no! booze and a goose should never go together!